UPDATE February 2025: The Guardian recommended Treeboard again, proving that the first one wasn't a mistake and that we're still the place to go for kitchen products free of microplastics, chemicals and pe...

In December we made our first of what we hope will be many contributions to Green Forests Work, a charitable organization that spends almost all its donations on replanting Appalachian forests. For a small f...

If your cutting board shows some rough bits or suddenly loses its smooth finish, the issue may be a process called “raising the grain.”We ship our boards sanded smooth with fine-grain sandpaper and finishe...

We're getting excited about the upcoming release of our new coffee tables, designed to be a stunning and sturdy addition to your living room. The new tables feature a sheet of joined hardwood--special heavy-...

We often get asked whether oak or maple is better, so here are four ways in which these two premium hardwoods differ. Both of these are the absolute best types of North American lumber for the types of cut...

It's spring again (not to mention Earth Day), and we're happy to announce that we planted 100 more trees, following through on a commitment to put a seedling in the ground for every single order that's shipp...

After some not-so-polite disagreements on Facebook about linseed oil, we decided to publish a primer on our favorite oil and why our customers like it, too. As always, we welcome questions and comments submi...

Hard maple is sugar maple. It’s the big, slow-growing, cold-weather-loving maple of the Appalachians, the northeastern U.S. and Canada. When you’re training the sap for syrup, it’s sugar maple; when you’re c...

Treeboard is a family business operated from our home workshop, and we’re not greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic that has had such a devastating effect on the country and the world. Our family is m...

The good news is that we got our seedlings from the state nursery, but the bad news is that with virus-related restrictions we haven’t been able to get out and offer to plant them at neighbors' homes or near...

To make a beautiful end-grain coffee table out of a solid slice or “round” of a tree, it's best to start out with a log at least 20 inches in diameter and then cut out a cross section. It’s tricky process th...

We're excited that we placed our first tree order this week with the state nursery operated by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. By late March we should have 100 trees ready to plant in our commu...